Heart Shaped Sugar Cookies Recipe
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
10 mins
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Total Time
20 mins
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Servings
36 cookies
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Calories
131 kcal
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Course
Dessert
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Cuisine
North American
Heart Shaped Sugar Cookies Recipe
Description
The recipe starts by creaming room temperature butter with sugar, then incorporating eggs and vanilla for flavor and moisture. The dry ingredients including all-purpose flour, baking powder, and salt are combined separately then mixed in, forming a pliable dough. Chilling the dough before rolling helps maintain the cookie shape during baking and facilitates easier handling.
Cookies are cut out with heart-shaped cutters and baked at 400°F until just lightly browned on the bottom for a tender texture. After cooling, the icing made from powdered sugar, milk, and light corn syrup is divided and tinted with red and pink food coloring for decorating. This icing has a thick yet pourable consistency suitable for coating and decorating with sprinkles.
These sugar cookies make decorative sweets for occasions like Valentine's Day or birthdays. They hold their shape well and combine crisp edges with a soft crumb. The icing’s colors and decorations add a festive touch to the simple cookie base.
Ingredients
- ¾ cups butter room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
Icing
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- Food Coloring red and pink, a few drops
- Sprinkles
Instructions
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat for one more minute.
- In a medium-sized bowl whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to the wet ingredients and mix till combined.
- Make a ball out of the dough, wrap it in parchment paper or wax paper, and put it into your fridge for at least 1 hour or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Roll out half the dough to just under ½ inch thick between 2 pieces of parchment paper. Cut out heart shapes and transfer the cookies to a baking sheet.
- Bake on cookie sheets for 6-8 minutes, or until lightly browned on the bottom. Remove from oven and cool completely.
Icing
- In a medium-sized bowl, Add the powdered sugar, milk, and light corn syrup. Mix well, adding a little extra milk if needed. The icing should be pourable but still thick enough to coat the back of a spoon (or a cookie!)
- Divide the icing between 2 shallow bowls. Add a few drops of pink to one bowl and leave the other bowl white.
- When the cookies are completely cool, it's time to ice them. Working with one cookie at a time, dip the cookies into the icing so that one side is completely coated. Set it aside on a cooling rack.
- Wait about 1 minute so the icing isn't too wet and then add sprinkles. Make sure that the icing has hardened completely before storing the cookies.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 36cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 131 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 cookie | |
| Calories | 131kcal | 7% |
| Carbohydrates | 22g | 7% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 21mg | 7% |
| Sodium | 91mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 18mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 15g | 30% |
| Vitamin A | 133IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 14mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
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